Smoking weed is now more popular than smoking tobacco
“It’s the economy, stupid,” Democratic operative James Carville once famously noted. Usually, that assertion holds when it comes to elections. But as…
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US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip
Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked…
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GOP governor calls on Biden to apologize for suggesting ‘semi-fascism’ drives some Trump-backing Republicans
A Republican governor is calling on President Joe Biden to apologize for suggesting that the driving force behind some GOP supporters of former…
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Michigan GOP formally nominates two Trump-backed election deniers for key statewide offices
The Michigan Republican Party on Saturday nominated two candidates for statewide office who have denied the results of the 2020 presidential…
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At least 23 people dead, 140 injured in violent clashes between rival militias in Libyan capital of Tripoli
At least 23 people have died and 140 injured in violent clashes between rival Libyan militias across the country’s capital of Tripoli, the Libyan…
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First on CNN: Utah Senate candidate accuses motorist of threatening him with gun
Utah independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin has accused a motorist of brandishing a firearm and pointing it at him and his wife as the couple…
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White mulberry leaf linked to congressman’s wife’s 2021 death
Lori McClintock died in what the Sacramento County Coroner determined was an accident. On the section of the form that asks the coroner to “describe…
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Michigan governor enacts state of energy emergency after refinery fire threatens fuel supply
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has enacted a state of energy emergency following an electrical fire at a BP refinery in Indiana that threatens to…
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US intelligence chief tells Congress she’s conducting damage assessment of documents taken from Mar-a-Lago
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has sent a letter to the House Intelligence and House Oversight committee chairs, saying the…
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Darya Dugina’s death provides a glimpse into Russia’s vast disinformation machine — and the influential women fronting it
When a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, killing 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the eyes of the West immediately turned to her father,…
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Russia blocks final draft of nuclear disarmament treaty at UN
A month-long meeting on nuclear disarmament ended in failure at the United Nations Friday night when Russia refused to accept the final draft of the…
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Charlie Crist taps teachers union head as running mate in race against DeSantis in Florida
Charlie Crist, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, has picked as his running mate Karla Hernández-Mats, the head of the teachers union in…
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Pennsylvania governor candidate Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform at Army War College
Doug Mastriano, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania, posed in a Confederate military uniform in a 2013-14 faculty photo at the…
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Takeaways from the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit
The release of a redacted affidavit that the Justice Department used to obtain a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home…
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Emmett Till Alerts system launched to alert Black leaders about racist or hate crime incidents
A new alert system has been launched in Maryland to notify Black leaders and clergy about credible threats or hate…
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White House struggles to answer questions on costs of student debt plan
The White House struggled for a second straight day to answer questions about President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, simultaneously…
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Biden to sign executive order kick-starting implementation of sweeping US chip manufacturing law
President Joe Biden is planning to kick-start the implementation process of the sweeping $280 billion law to boost US domestic chip-making and…
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National Archives wanted Mar-a-Lago documents shared months ago
A Trump-ally is offering clearer insight into what the former President took with him to…
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More than 100 classified Trump docs recovered back in January
The National Archives and Records Administration recovered more than 100 documents bearing classified markings, totaling more than 700 pages, from an…
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ACLU sues over Arizona law limiting filming of police
A controversial Arizona law restricting how the public can film police faced its first legal challenge Tuesday with a lawsuit filed by the American…
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